Publications (An asterisk denotes a postdoc or student author under my (co-)supervision)

Book chapters

2. Liu, M.-C. and Chaussidon, M. 2017, The Cosmochemistry of Boron Isotopes. Advances in Isotope Geochemistry, Boron Isotopes - The Fifth Element, 273-289.

1. Chaussidon, M. and Liu, M.-C. 2015, Timing of Nebula Processes which Shaped the Precursors of the Terrestrial Planets. AGU Monograph "The Early Earth", 1-26.

Peer reviewed journals

45. Yamaguchi, A., Tomioka, N., Ito, M., Shirai, N., Kimura, M., Greenwood, R. C., Liu, M.-C., and 27 coauthors, 2023, Insight into Multi-step Geological Evolution of C-type Asteroids from Ryugu Particles. Nature Astronomy, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-01925-x.

44. Liu, M.-C., Chaussidon, M. and Matsuda, N. 2023, Lithium and Boron Isotopic Compositions of Olivine in Chondrules from Carbonaceous and Ordinary Chondrite Meteorites: Implications for the Origin of Solar 11B/10B ratio. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 341, 150–163.

43. McCain, K. A.*, Matsuda, N.*, Liu, M.-C., et al. 2023, Early Fluid Activity on Ryugu Inferred by Isotopic Analyses of Carbonates and Magnetite. Nature Astronomy, 7, 309–317.

42. Paquet, M. and 123 coauthors including Liu, M.-C., 2023, Contribution of Ryugu-like Material to Earths Volatile Inventory by Cu and Zn Isotopic Analysis. Nature Astronomy, 7, 182–189.

41. Greenwood, R. C. and 41 coauthors including Liu, M.-C., 2023, Oxygen Isotope Evidence from Ryugu Samples for Early Water Delivery to Earth by CI Chondrites. Nature Astronomy, 7, 29–38.

40. Cavole, L. M., Limburg, K. E., Gallo, N. D., Salvanes, A. G. V., Ramrez-Valdez, A., Levin, L. A., Oropeza, O. A., Hertwig, A., Liu, M.-C. and McKeegan, K. D. 2023, Otoliths of Marine Fishes Record Evidence of Low Oxygen, Temperature and pH Conditions of Deep Oxygen Minimum Zones. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 191, 103941.

39. Kawasaki, N. and 139 coauthors including Liu, M.-C., 2022, Oxygen Isotopes of Anhydrous Pri- mary Minerals Show Kinship Between Asteroid Ryugu and Comet 81P/Wild2. Science Advances, 8, eade2067.

38. Hopp, T. and 139 coauthors including Liu, M.-C., 2022, Ryugus Nucleosynthetic Heritage from the Outskirts of the Solar System. Science Advances, 8, eadd8141.

37. Liu, M.-C. and 34 coauthors. 2022, Incorporation of 16O-rich Anhydrous Silicates in the Protolith of Highly Hydrated Asteroid Ryugu. Nature Astronomy, 6, 1172–1177.

36. Ito, M. Tomioka, N., Uesugi, M., Yamaguchi, A., Shirai, N., Ohigashi, T., Liu, M.-C., et al, 2022, A Pristine Record of Outer Solar System Materials from Asteroid Ryugus Returned Sample. Nature Astronomy, 6, 1163–1171.

35. Barosh, J. and 123 coauthors including Liu, M.-C., 2022, Presolar Stardust in Asteroid Ryugu. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 935, L3.

34. Moynier, F. and 93 coauthors including Liu, M.-C., 2022, The Solar System Calcium Isotopic Composition Inferred from Ryugu Samples. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 24, 1–6.

33. Yokoyama, T. and 139 coauthors including Liu, M.-C., 2022, Samples Returned from the Asteroid Ryugu are Similar to Ivuna-type Carbonaceous Meteorites. Science, 379, eabn7850.

32. Dunham, E. T., Wadhwa, M., Desch, S. J., Liu, M.-C., Fujimoto, Y., Fukuda, K., Kita, N., Her- twig, A. T., Hervig, R. L., Defouilloy, C., Simon, S. B., Davidson, J. and Schrader, D. L. 2022, Uniform 10Be/9Be in CAIs: Implications for a Molecular Cloud Origin of 10Be and the Sun's Birth Environment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 324, 194–220.

31. Bekaert, D. V., Auro, M., Shollenberger, Q. R., Liu, M.-C., Marschall, H., Burton, K., Jacobsen, B., Brennecka, G. A., MacPherson, G. J., von Mutius, R., Sarafian, A. and Nielsen, S. G. 2021, Fossil Records of Early Solar Irradiation and Cosmolocation of the CAI Factory: A Reappraisal. Science Advances, eabg8329.

30. Idrisova, E., Gabitov, R., Karamov, T., Voropaev, A., Liu, M.-C., Bogdanvich, N. and Spasennykh, M. 2021, Pyrite Morphology and δ34S as Indicators of Deposition Environment in Organic-Rich Shales. Geosciences, 11, 355.

29. Osterhout, J. T., Schopf, J. W., Williford, K. H., McKeegan, K. D., Kudryavstev, A. B. and Liu, M.-C. 2021, Carbon Isotopes of Proterozoic Filamentous Microfossils: SIMS Analyses of Ancient Cyanobacteria from Two Disparate Shallow-marine Cherts. Geomicrobiology Journal, 38, 719–731.

28. Matsumoto, Y., Hasegawa, Y., Matsuda, N. and Liu, M.-C. 2021, Formation of Rims Around Chon- drules via Porous Aggregate Accretion. Icarus, 367, 114538.

27. Zhang, Z., Dauphas, N., Nie, N. X., Mendybaev, R. A., Liu, M.-C., Hu, J., Hopp, T. and McKeegan, K. D. 2021, Kinetics and Isotopic Fractionations of K and Rb during Diffusion-Limited Evaporation from Molten Silicate: Theory and Experiments. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 5, 755–784.

26. Hertwig, A. T.*, Liu, M.-C., Simon, S. B. and Brearley, A. J. 2021, Petrographic and Isotopic Investigations of Two Unusual Ca-Al-rich Inclusions from Primitive CO3 Chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 296, 75-96.

25. McCain, K. A.∗, Liu, M.-C., and McKeegan, K. D. 2020, Calibration of Matrix-Dependent Bi- ases in Isotope and Trace Element Analyses of Carbonate Minerals. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 38, 044005.

24. Borrelli, C., Gabitov, R., Liu, M.-C., Hertwig, A. T. and Panieri, G. 2020, The Benthic Foraminiferal δ34S Records Intensity and Timing of Paleo Methane Fluxes. Scientific Reports, 10, 1304

23. Han, J., Keller, L. P., Liu, M.-C., Needham, A. W., Hertwig, A. T., Messenger, S. and Simon, J. I. 2020, A Coordinated Microstructural and Isotopic Study of a Work-Lovering Rim on a Vigarano CAI. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 269, 639-660.

22. Han, J., Jacobsen, B., Liu, M.-C., Brearley, A. J., Matzel, J. E. and Keller, L. P. 2019, Origin of 16O-rich Fine-grained Ca-Al-rich Inclusions of Different Mineralogy and Texture. Geochemistry, 79, 125543

21. Liu, M.-C., Han, J., Brearley, A. J., and Hertwig, A. T. 2019, Aluminum-26 Chronology of Dust Coagulation and Early Solar System Evolution. Science Advances, eaaw3350.

20. Schmitt, A. K.., Liu, M.-C., and Kohl, I. E. 2019, Sensitive and Rapid Oxygen Isotopic Analysis of Nephrite Jade Using Large-Geometry SIMS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 34, 561-569.

19. Trail, D., Boehnke, P., Savage, P. S., Liu, M.-C., Miller, M. L. and Binderman, I. 2018, Origin and Significance of Si and O Isotope Heterogeneities in Phanerozoic, Archean and Hadean Zircon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115, 10287-10292.

18. Dottin III, J. W., Labidi, J., Farquhar, J., Piccoli, P., Liu, M-C. and McKeegan, K. D.. 2018, Evidence for Oxidation at the Base of the Nakhlite Pile by Reduction of Sulfate Salts at the Time of Lava Emplacement. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 239, 186-197

17. Liu, M.-C., McKeegan, K. D., Harrison, T. M., Jarzebinski, G., and Vltava, L. 2018, The Hyperion- II Radio-Frequency Oxygen Ion Source on the UCLA IMS1290 Ion Microprobe: Beam Characteri- zation and Applications in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry. Int. J. Mass Spec., 424C, 1-9

16. Grayburn, R., Voras, Z., Goodwin, C., Liu, M.-C., Beebe, T. and Phenix, A. 2017, Ion Probe Tech- niques to Measure the Distribution of Substrate Elements in Coatings for Copper Alloys. Progress in Organic Coatings, 111, 267-272

15. Oehler, D. Z., Walsh, M. M., Sugitani, K., Liu, M.-C. and House, C. H. 2017, Significance of Large and Robust, Lenticular Microorganisms on the Young Earth. Precambrian Research, 296, 112-119

14. Isa, J., Kohl, I. E., Liu, M.-C., Wasson, J. T., Young, E. D., and McKeegan, K. D. 2017, Quantifi- cation of Oxygen Isotope SIMS Matrix Effects in Olivine Samples: Correlation and Sputter Rate. Chemical Geology, 458, 14-21

13. Tang, H., Liu, M.-C., McKeegan, K. D., Tissot, F. L. H. and Dauphas, N. 2017, In situ Isotopic Studies of the U-depleted Allende CAI Curious Marie: Pre-accretionary Alteration and the Co- existence of 26Al and 36Cl in the Early Solar Nebula. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 207, 1-18

12. Liu, M.-C. 2017, The Initial 41Ca/40Ca Ratios in Two Type A Ca-Al-rich Inclusions: Implications For the Origin of Short-lived 41Ca. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 201, 123-135

11. Hirashita, H., Asano, R., Nozawa, T., Li, Z.-Y., and Liu, M.-C. 2014, Dense Molecular Cloud Cores as a Source of Micrometer-sized Grains in Galaxies. Planetary and Space Sciences, 100, 40-45.

10. Liu, M.-C. 2014, On the Injection of Shortest-Lived Radionuclides From a Supernova Into the Solar Nebula: Constraints From the Oxygen Isotopes. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 781, L28.

9. Liu, M.-C., Chaussidon, M., Srinivasanl, G., and McKeegan, K. D. 2012, A Lower Initial Abun- dance of Short-lived 41Ca in the Early Solar System and Its Implications for Solar System Formation. The Astrophysical Journal, 761, 137.

8. Liu, M.-C. 2012, Short-lived Radionuclides in the Early Solar System. AIP Conference Proceed- ings, 1484, 52-56.

7. Liu, M.-C., Chaussidon, M., Gopel, C., and Lee, T. 2012, A Heterogeneous Solar Nebula as Sam- pled by CM Hibonite. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 327, 75-83.

6. Liu, M.-C., Nittler, L. R., Alexander, C. M. O'D., and Lee, T. 2011, Protosolar Irradiation in the Early Solar System: Clues from Lithium and Boron Isotopes. Proceedings of Nuclei in the Cosmos XI, PoS(NIC XI)145.

5. Liu, M.-C., Nittler, L. R., Alexander, C. M. O'D., and Lee, T. 2010, Lithium-Beryllium-Boron Isotopic Compositions in Meteoritic Hibonite: Implications for Origin of 10Be and Early Solar System Irradiation. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 719, L99-L103.

4. Liu, M.-C., McKeegan, K. D., Goswami, J. N., Marhas, K. K., Sahijpal, S., Ireland, T. R., and Davis, A. M. 2009, Isotopic Records in CM Hibonites: Implications for Timescales of Mixing of Isotope Reservoirs in the Solar Nebula. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 5051-5079.

3. Liu, M.-C. and McKeegan, K. D. 2009, On an Irradiation Origin for Magnesium Isotope Anomalies in Meteoritic Hibonite. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 697, L145-L148

2. McKeegan, K. D. and 46 co-authers including Liu, M.-C. 2006, Isotopic Compositions of Cometary Matter Returned by Stardust. Science, 314, 1724-1728.

1. Brownlee, D. and 182 co-authors including Liu, M.-C. 2006, Comet 81P/Wild 2 Under a Micro- scope. Science, 314, 1711-1716.